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Details Title: Time Machine Vocab I Description: vocab Total Flash Cards: 25 Created: 05/18/2005 12:40:08	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term expound Definition to explain Term recondite Definition difficult to understand Term animated Definition alive; lively Term paradox Definition a statement that at first seems false Term controvert Definition to dispute or oppose by reasoning Term fecundity Definition bountiful; producing many offspring Term transitory Definition temporary; lasting a short rime Term assimilation Definition to take an idea and add it to your knowledge; to take something in and make it part of the thing it has joined Term immaterial Definition not important Term anachronism Definition the placing of persons, events, objects, or customs in times to which they do not belong Term indifferently Definition showing neither liking nor disliking; don't care Term verification Definition confirm Term anecdote Definition a short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident Term adroitly Definition skillful in the use of hands; showing shrewdness or resourcefullness in caping with difficulty Term subtly Definition difficult to understandor distinguish Term misconception Definition something interpreted incorrectly Term infirmity Definition weakness; feebleness; frailty; disease and ailment Term intermittently Definition coming and going at intervals; not continuous Term spasmodic Definition acting fitfully; excitable Term apparatus Definition the equipment used to do a particular kind of work Term reminiscence Definition a recalling or telling of past experience Term stupor Definition numbness; a condition characterized by great dulling or suspension of sense or feeling Term eddy Definition a current of air or water running contrary to the main current ex: whirlpool Term earnest Definition a serious and intent state of mind; important; serious Term impartiality Definition not taking sides ex: Emily vs. Abby